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'Once the cannon balls are rendered safe, we expect they will be turned over to UA Museums,' he told Daily Mail Online.

'There, they will be preserved within our collections and, in time, we expect they will be made visible for periodic public display.'

'We’ve swept the area where they were found, and we do not believe there to be any more in the area,' he added.

Officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Departments and the university - which was founded in 1831 in Tuscaloosa - had finished their work by 5pm on Friday, AL.com reported.

A sign at the university states that it was an unofficial training school for Confederate officers during the 1861-65 Civil War.

Historic: A sign at the university says it used to be an unofficial training school for Confederates. But it was destroyed towards the end of the Civil War 'by Federal Army April 4, 1865' and 'reopened 1868'